Hospitals (32 deals) tied with pharmaceuticals (32 deals) as the third-largest subsector for volume of deals. Long-term care ranked first with 38 deals, followed by medical devices with 36.
Based on preliminary data, the $73.7 billion used to fund second-quarter mergers is up 44 percent over $51.5 billion in Q1 and 61 percent over $45.7 billion in the same quarter of 2010.
Read the Irving Levin Associates report on healthcare M&A.
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